Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Daniel 10:20
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 380, footnote 2 (Image)
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... him, and intervened, and defended him from his attack, and so enabled him to come to instruct the prophet after twenty-one days. And a little later on it says: “And the angel said: Dost thou know wherefore I am come to thee? And now I will return to fight against the prince of the Persians. For when I went forth, there appeared the prince of the Greeks coming. But I will tell thee what is written down in the Scriptures of truth: and none is my helper in all these things but Michael your prince.”[Daniel 10:20-21] And again: “At that time shall Michael rise up, the great prince, who standeth for the children of thy people.” So then we read that in the same way another was called the prince of the Greeks, who since he was patron of that nation which was ...